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"Alcohol and Weight"

"They don't call it Beer Belly for Nothing"

     If you like to drink, you are going to have a hard time losing weight.  Drinking alcohol has basically the same effect on your weight as eating fat.  Although, alcohol owes its existence to grains, through the fermentation process, chemically it is closer to fat. 
     And like fat, alcohol has a high calorie content:  about 7 calories per gram.  A gram of fat has 9 calories, and carbohydrates and proteins have 4 calories per gram.  Add to that, when alcohol is consumed at the same time as food, the body tends to burn the alcohol first, sparing the fat. 
     This explains why people get beer bellies.  This also explains why you really have difficulty losing weight, if you do a lot of drinking.  The bottom line is that if you are trying to cut back on fat, factor in the alcohol that you drink.  That isn't to say you have to eliminate alcohol altogether.  It does mean if you are going to drink and not gain weight, you had better cut a little more calories from fat than you would otherwise.
     There is a catch.  Even if you cut back on fat and drink moderately, your weight-loss efforts may prove unsuccessful.  First there is the calorie issue:  Drinking two 12-ounce cans of beer each day for a month is about the same as eating 550 grams of fat, or about 65 filet mignons.  Then there is the matter of appetite.  For most people the conditions under which you enjoy alcohol contributes to eating more.
     While some experts believe in giving up alcohol altogether in the early stages of losing weight, others warn that abstinence could make the heart grow fonder.
     If you like a glass of wine at dinner, the worst thing you could do would be to give that up.  You may start thinking about it more and psychologically be setting yourself up for failure.  If you like a bottle of wine at dinner-well, that's another issue altogether.
     If you do drink, you may have to cut back, that's true.  If your drinking a six-pack a day, you're not going to lose weight.  You're going to have to cut back to a beer every other night or on the weekends, or something like that.  But you don't have to cut out beer or wine entirely if you like it. Think moderation.